Summer Evening Stroll

"Me go like this Mom..." is the start of MANY of Bennett's sentences. It usually ends with a funny face, weird sound, goofy gesture, or an imitation of something he has just seen. He repeats this over and over until I acknowledge him. You will see a VERY small example of this in the video I am about to post. Bennett says, "Me go like this Mom...hisssssss" Another funny part of Bennett's ever growing vocab is that he ends many sentences with "maybe so" and a shoulder shrug. I swear I don't say this...we're not sure where it came from. He said this on our walk today when talking about a garbage barrel that was smaller than ours. Unfortunately I didn't get it on tape. Here are the pics and video from our 'Summer Evening Stroll'

I need to get my creative juices flowing...

I've decided my blog has gotten boring and predictable (not that it was creative in the past or anything). I've been looking at other blogs to get ideas. So, wish me luck and creativity so that I may bring you more entertaining pictures, and reading material :)!

Nothing new but here are a few new pics

For those who requested a video...I give you 3!

Another wonderful summer day!

What a stud :)!

Although Annabelle loves to get dirty in the sand, she really prefers the water!

What a beautiful day it was today. While Darrin was at work, the kids and I rode bikes, played in the sandbox, ran through the sprinkler, and then had lunch on the deck, followed by a bath. The best part of our day however was trying out the beach we haven't been to before. It was nice and we had a great time. We are definitely going to be doing a lot more beach going. We followed the beach time up with a trip to Nibbles for dinner and icecream (that was our anniversary outing...we don't do gifts or cards :) When we got home, the kids had a bath and were in bed by 7:00 without any complaints. Summer is just so wonderful. I'm not quite sure what I do in the winter!

Yesterday

Brownie batter...YUM!!

Bennett loves his dogs! He always walks sweet Regal.
Here is Annabelle playing with a mixture of cornstarch and water. Unfortunately, I had to cut Bennett out of the picture due to privacy issues :) We had a wonderful summer day. The kids were great and were really good to eachother. It's days like yesterday that make me thankful again we had them close together. Darrin worked in the morning. The kids and I went to the playground, came back, had lunch and then Darrin was home. We then went to Palmer Lake beach. It was weedy but we found one fairly clear spot and did a little swimming. The kids also enjoyed playing in the sand. Annabelle is a little fish and Bennett really didn't want to leave the sand. Today we're going to try a beach about 10 minutes away that we heard was nice. Darrin had his golf league in the evening. The kids and I had dinner, made brownies, and took the dogs for a walk to the church. Darrin was home when we got back from our walk so we headed for the park for a little bit. We let the kids stay up late because they took a GREAT nap. Let's see, what else has been going on? We've been going to Kindermusik class on Monday mornings for a couple weeks. The kids LOVE it. I would like to find one that goes year round. I guess that's it for now. The summer has been going so fast!! I just wish it would slow down a bit :)! Here are a few random pics. The messy chocolate faces are from the brownie making yesterday.

Congratulations Brother...

I'm so happy for you and proud of you for getting the job!!